Thursday, October 15, 2009

Blog Action Day 2009 - Climate Changes and you

Visit http://www.blogactionday.org/ and consider how you can help in small and big. For example you can buy food that is produced and grown close to where you live to reduce transportation and environmental pressure.

  1. Sign the Tck Tck Tck campaign's "I am ready" pledge supporting an ambitious, fair and binding climate agreement in Copenhagen this fall: tcktcktck.org/people/i-am-ready
  2. Register for the 350.org International Day of Climate Action October 24: www.350.org
  3. Join the UK Government's "Act on Copenhagen" effort to promote a global deal on climate change: www.actoncopenhagen.decc.gov.uk/en
  4. Learn and act with The Nature Conservancy's Planet Change site: change.nature.org
  5. Watch and help promote Current TV's green-themed video journalism at: current.com/green
  6. Support strong climate legislation in the US by making calls to your Senators with 1Sky: www.1sky.org/call
  7. Put yourself on the Vote Earth map and upload your photos, pictures and weblinks to show the world future you want to see: www.earthhour.org/home
  8. Put yourself on the Vote Earth map and upload your photos, pictures and weblinks to show the world future you want to see: www.earthhour.org/home
  9. Join the Greenpeace cool IT challenge campaign to turn IT industry leaders into climate advocates and solution providers: www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change/cool-it-challenge
  10. Add your personal story and tell the world what you will miss the most when you lose it to climate change with the United Nations Foundation Climate Board: www.unfoundation.org/global-issues/climate-and-energy/its-getting-personal
  11. Find the latest and most popular climate change actions online at globalwarming.change.org
  12. Join the Causecast community and find new ways to get involved with organizations working to end climate change. Watch videos, read news and support one of the many environmental nonprofits on Causcast. www.causecast.org/environment
  13. Post to your blog or Twitter account about the impact of climate change on the world's poorest, and then take action with Oxfam International: www.oxfam.org.uk/climate

Friday, October 2, 2009

Blog Action Day 2009 - Climate change

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices.






Climate change affects us all and it threatens more than the environment. It threatens to cause famine, flooding, war, and millions of refugees.

Given the urgency of the issue of climate change and the upcoming international climate negotiations in Copenhagen this December, we think the blogosphere has the unique opportunity to mobilize millions of people around expressing support for finding a sustainable solution to the climate crisis.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Is swine flu vaccine ok for vegans?

Probably not as eggs are used for the production. Anything else in the production you know about?
Selected strains of the influenza A (H1N1) virus are grown in chicken eggs.

How do you view the vaccination for swine flue if you are a vegan?

How about egg allergy?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

One A Day multi-vitamin suitable for vegans?

Is this product suitable for vegans? If not, what ingredient is from animal source?
http://www.oneadaymonthyear.ca/
The vitamins are for men and women with vitamins and minerals. 

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In response to your inquiry, in all One A Day formulations marketed in
Canada, gelatin is derived from an animal source.

Kind regards,
Medical Information Associate
Bayer Consumer Care

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I did not check how it is with the D vitamin.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Salus Floradix tablets not ok for vegans

Flora Floradix Iron + Herb Tablets contains Shellac.
Shellac is usually suitable for vegetarians but not for vegans.
Shellac is an all-natural resin secreted by the female lac bug to form a cocoon, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand.

Active Ingredients:
Per 550mg tablet – yeast 120mg, Ferrous Gluconate (BPC 1973) 60mg, Ascorbic Acid (Ph.Eur. I) 10mg, Nicotinamide (Ph.Eur II) 10mg, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Ph. Eur. I) 2.0mg, Riboflavine (BPC 1973) 1.5mg, Thiamine Hydrochloride (Ph. Eur.I) 0.5mg

Aqueous Extract from:
32mg Spinach Leaves, 20mg Rose Hip, 16mg Ocean Kelp, 12mg Fennel Fruit, 8mg Angelica Roots, 8mg Carrots.

Other Ingredients: Yeast, ascorbic acid, corn starch, carmellose sodium, cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidon, lactose, silica, calcium stearate, gum arabic, with an outer shell made of shellac, talc, sucrose, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, bolus alba, polyethyleneglycol, genapol, iron oxide (for coloring).

Friday, January 16, 2009

Berocca effervescent tablets ok for vegans

"I can confirm that Berocca effervescent tablets are free of any ingredients of animal origin.  The film-coated tablets contain lactose which is derived from cow’s milk, so are not suitable for vegans. Please note that this information refers to the UK only." - Bayer Consumer Care

Berocca Performance is a high dose combination of B-vitamins, vitamin C and other important essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc.

Berocca effervescent tablets ok for vegans

"I can confirm that Berocca effervescent tablets are free of any ingredients of animal origin.  The film-coated tablets contain lactose which is derived from cow’s milk, so are not suitable for vegans. Please note that this information refers to the UK only." - Bayer Consumer Care

Berocca Performance is a high dose combination of B-vitamins, vitamin C and other important essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc.